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Listening to this through an audiobook, and I’ve gotta be honest, it’s definitely just okay so far. Maybe I’m not a big robot fan, I just feel like it’s started off pretty slow, even with the giant sand creature and all that.

Arton might be the most unlikable Tchaikovsky protagonist so far, also, I picked myself of a fresh copy of ‘Shroud’ so expect that at some point this summer.

Terrific. Back at it with Tchaikovsky, the man has a way of writing alien life and interaction that I just can’t get enough of. Will hopefully be doing loads of reading this month,

Actually one of the best things I’ve ever read.

Don’t have a physical copy of this one, have to read it as a part of a string of assignments for a pre university course, so read we shall.

Ohhh yeah, this shit is laced with sorrow and perfection, can never get enough of that old timey indulgent writing style, definitely gonna love this, onward.

Starting the final Spider doomsday book 🙏 wish me luck

Holy cow listened to the entire thing in basically a day. The fixation on the word “Maw” is insane

Forgot to do updates 💀. There was lots of sex scenes, killer vegetables, dream eaters, talking turtles, and the like. Onward. Also, the cringe is growing stronger

I guess we’re bowling now for some reason?

Felt myself dipping into a reading slump, and it’s far too early in the year for that, so I’m listening to an audiobook I know I’ll breeze through, and on the other side, I’ll decide if I wanna keep reading The Shining or try something else.

I now see where it went off the rails writing character wise. In the acknowledgments, it’s revealed that Cutter used r/Teenagers as a source to understand teens, what a misfire that is, using Reddit as a tool for anything helpful

Finally. Margaret mentioned it and we got a moment for it, The boys, while they may have been rich pricks and not kind, absolutely did not deserve what happened to them, and throughout the book, we are lead to believe they raped Charity, until we learn that wasn’t the case, and now, we know that even though they are fundamentally innocent and suffered because of Serena, the public still blames them for everything.

Cutter is doing something I like. So, I saw a familiar name, and thought, he’s doing another Carrie-like thing, that he also did in The Troop, and, to my surprise, this confirms that The Troop, Little Heaven, and The Queen all take place in the same universe on the same planet. As a matter of fact of fact, in this world, Chris Packer, the fictional journalist, has covered both The Troop and Little heavens events.

Okay, so that seems like the ‘conventional’ end of the story, I’ll admit, this feels a little too close to the ending of The Troop, they almost did the exact same thing. Maybe I’m speaking too soon, I’ve still got a little bit to go